On Tuesday, the LA District Attorney’s office charged three LAPD officers with perjury and...
Free Speech and Dog Fighting
Today, Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a very intriguing and important case on whether videos...
Forget it, Jake. It’s the DWP.
“Can you believe it? We’re in the middle of a drought, and the water commissioner...
Shooting Holes in the Journalists’ Shield Law
On Sunday, both the Washington Post and the New York Times rightly took the Obama administration to...
The Providence Effect: A Murder & an Answer
This is the story of a tragedy in the form of a promising boy’s death-–and a victory...
Polanski Revisted: The Devils & the Details – UPDATED
UPDATE: Steve Cooley tells why he decided to go after Polanski. And the Polanksi filmmaker, Marina...
Texas Gov Perry Upends Willingham Arson Investigation
This is about the Willingham arson story I wrote about early last month, in which three different...
The Lawyer, the Cross & the Supremes
The Los Angeles Daily Journal-–the publication that lawyers and judges read—has an...
Pete Caroll Tweets for Stafon Johnson
A small moment of community in the big city fostered by Twitter that folks are busy...
Ed Chronicles: Yes, But Are They Learning to Read?
Yesterday, a lot of LA’s activist Teachers were emailing and Tweeting a link to the open...
Social Justice Shorts
ARNOLD STEPS IN TO SAVE STATE PARKS—BUT MAYBE NOT FOR THE REASON HE SAYS This past Friday...
Chasing Roman Polanski: A Prosecutorial Reality Check
What can Steve Cooley’s office be thinking? First Deborah Peagler, then Bruce Lisker, and...
Should a 16-year-old Arsonist Be Tried As an Adult?
While there have been no suspects arrested yet in the deadly Station fire, Wednesday police had a...
The UC Strike….and a Teachable Moment
Today, Thursday, September 24, is the first day of classes for nearly all University of California...
California’s $1.1 billion Dropout Rate v. Arnold’s Tantrum
According to a new study released Thursday by the California Dropout Research Project, dropouts...
In LA, Crime Pays…..At Least for Global Tel Link – UPDATED
UPDATE: I’ve just had a long talk with Zev Yaroslavsky’s office and it turns out I had...
Journalism Versus the Quest for Ammunition
In this month’s issue of Atlantic, Mark Bowden, (the author of Black Hawk Down among other...
Bruce Lisker Will Not Be Retried: DA Drops Charges
In a fascinating and welcome turnaround, the LA District Attorney’s office has dropped...